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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “We are not meeting that responsibility when our economy is slipping into its third recession in 6 years.”

On the recordOctober 25, 1960
We are not meeting that responsibility when our economy is slipping into its third recession in 6 years.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Excerpts of Speech by Senator John F. Kennedy, Michigan State Fair, Detroit Coliseum, Detroit, MI - (Advance Release Text)

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